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State, Culture, Identities. Views from the Archaeological Archives

Welcoming Remarks, Amalia Kakissis, British School at Athens

9:00 – 11:30

Civilizing and De-Civilizing Processes

Chair: Nikos Vafeas
George Souvlis. The Authoritarian Modernity of the 4th of August regime: Genuine Fascism or a Pre-fascist dictatorship?
Eleftheria Akrivopoulou. Archives and the city: Thessaloniki during the Metaxas dictatorship and the German occupation, through the archives of the Archaeological Service
Tassos Kostopoulos. Ruins of national discomfort. The Prespa monuments in the 20th century Greek archaeological narrative
Carl Mauzy. ‘Unsterbliches Hellas’ – culture, photography and a desirable past
Marilena Pateraki. Monumentalizing Ottoman structures in interwar Greece: Cultural policies and state consolidation in the aftermath of the Lausanne Treaty
Emilia Salvanou. Making an archive for national inclusion: Interwar refugees in Greece

12:00 – 14:30

Cultures of consumption, heritage markets and archaeologies of tourism

Chair: Giorgos Tsimouris
Christina Mitsopoulou, Marie Stahl. Archaeological aesthetics for pre-World-War II tourism strategies in Greece: Gilliéron, once more
Despina Nazou. Tourists Border Zones and Heritage-scapes. The Island of Delos intersecting with the locality, the state and the market in a globalized world
Giorgos Vavouranakis. Greek archaeological heritage in dire straits: The 1954-1958 years
Konstantina Kalfa, Christos-Georgios Kritikos. Between a holy rock and a hard place; on the debate about Anafiotika across the 1970s and 1980s
Despoina Koutsoumba, Panagiotis Sotiris. Fighting for the past – struggling for the future: contemporary movements against the destruction of archaeological heritage in Greece

15:00 – 17:00

Gender, agency and nation-state building

Chair: Zinovia Lialiouti
Susan Heuck Allen. Harriet Boyd, engagement, and the Greek state
Amanda Kubic. Koula Pratsika and The National Dance School: Choreographing the national body in 20th-century Greece
Alexia Toutountzi. Women at the service of nat

Apr 1, 2022 09:00 AM in Athens